Welcome to Walking for Water!

Walking for Water is an awareness and fundraising initiative. School children aged 10-15 are sponsored by friends and family to walk 6 kilometres while carrying 6 litres of water in a backpack.

Children learn about global water issues, while raising funds to help solve them. Organise your own event! Read more »

 
 
 
 
 

Blog

“Water Water Everywhere, but only if we Share” - April 2nd, 2013 by CAmsinger

  The glorious spring sun shone down on Gougane Barra Forest Park on the day Green-Schools Ireland, in cooperation with Irish Aid and Coillte, organised a ‘Walking for Water’ event at the source of the River Lee. One hundred children and their teachers from 9…


What a day! - March 25th, 2013 by CAmsinger

What a day!  No question about it – kid power was our secret weapon to draw attention to the Walking for Water Campaign, bringing smiles to the faces of the attendees from around the world who came to The Hague for UN World Water Day…


Walking for Water at UN World Water Day 2013 - March 20th, 2013 by Lissy van Noort

  Friday, 22 March is the big day for Walking for Water!  The organisers of the big UN World Water Day event in  the Hague, Netherlands are so enthusiastic about the ‘kid power’ behind the campaign that they decided to make Walking for Water the…


 
 

 

Our partners



Click on the icons to go to the Partner webpages AMREF Aqua for All Simavi Zoa Akvo H2O for Life Pump Aid

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Recent blogs

02 Apr“Water Water Everywhere, but only if we Share”
25 MarWhat a day!
20 MarWalking for Water at UN World Water Day 2013
08 MarCheck out the ‘Just Water’ Films!

Funded projects

In 2011 Walking for Water raised 1.2 million Euro, which funded over 20 projects. Below a random project is shown.